ehe..."The truth"? ^^ The truth is that IWBY and AROP are 2 incredibly average songs? ^^ I do not really think u decide how good a DT song is in overall, they might be average to you but that's just you, for me AROP is a prety cool song, not bad, not awesome, but good.
I can decide whatever I want. I think i'm entitled to my opinion, no matter how unpopular it may be.
The problem is, the majority of DT fans just cannot take critisism towards the band at all. I know this is a DT forum, but still. DT fans in general (atleast from my experience) are just very hard to reason with. They think DT is the be all and end all of progressive music, and while they are indeed pioneers for the genre, they're not the best out there, IMO. Or atleast haven't been for quite some time.
Which is ironic, considering the amount of negativity thrown around towards some of the bands in the Music Forum. People speak freely (and rightfully so) We should atleast level the playing field.
I consider AROP to be an alright song. Nothing more. I wouldn't want to hear it live at any DT concert, as there are dozens of much better songs they could be playing. I am a big fan of ToT but from my past live DT experiences, they don't seem to play much from this album at all. And i've seen DT live 14 times.